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Report: Bush mulled sending troops into Buffalo
 Ah, they mulled it. Scary stuff. I bet they also mulled the Ginger vs. Mary Ann dilemma at one point, too, which is probably something that this reporter is better equipped to handle. Even still, I'd be willing to bet that he still hasn't figured out that the answer to this amusing dilemma is just a plain and simple "Yes."The Bush administration in 2002 considered sending U.S. troops into a Buffalo, N.Y., suburb to arrest a group of terror suspects in what would have been a nearly unprecedented use of military power, The New York Times reported. Vice President Dick Cheney and several other Bush advisers at the time strongly urged that the military be used to apprehend men who were suspected of plotting with al Qaida, who later became known as the Lackawanna Six, the Times reported on its Web site Friday night. It cited former administration officials who spoke on condition of anonymity. The proposal advanced to at least one-high level administration meeting, before President George W. Bush decided against it. Dispatching troops into the streets is virtually unheard of. The Constitution and various laws restrict the military from being used to conduct domestic raids and seize property. And it's probably one of the reasons why W decided against it. Rest at link because AP is getting litigous about copying their whole article even if a link to their sucky "article" is included. Posted by: gorb 2009-07-25 |
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